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J. GIBSON, Jr., & J. PLATT. V APPARATUS FOR SOAPING AND DYEING TEXTILEFABRICS.

Patented May 22,1883.

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APPARATUS FOR SOAPING AND DYEING TEXTILE FABRICS. No. 278,125. PatentedMay 22,1883.

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' upper part of the machine, over which the fab- 'a dyeing apparatus towhich our invention is UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GIBSON, JR, OF MOTTRAM, COUNTY OF CHESTER, AND JOHN PLATT, 0FMANCHESTER, COUNTY OF IEANOASTER, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR SOAPING AND DYEING TEXTILE FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed February 7,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JoHN GIBsON, Jr., ofMottram, in the county of Chester, and JOHN PLATT, of the firm of MATHER& PLATT, Salford Iron Works, Manchester, in the county of Lancaster,both in England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inApparatus to be Used for Soaping and Dyeing Textile Fabrics in an openState, (for which we have obtained a-Patent in Great Britain, No. 5,330,and bearin g date November 8, 1882,) of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to machines or apparatus containing liquor orliquid through which fabrics are passed during or subsequent to theoperation of soaping or dyeing.

The object of our invention, when applied to soaping, is to get rid ofthe thickening which has been used as a vehicle to carry the color ormordant when printing, thereby leaving the color only in the fabric.When applied to dyeing, our object is to cause the coloring-matter inthe liquid to thoroughly impregnate the fabric, and our improvementsenable us to perform such operations very efficientl y and with greaterfacility than has hitherto been done. We attain these objects by themechanism illustrated-in the accompanying two sheets of drawings, inwhieh- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of part of a seeping-machine.Fig. 2 is an elevation of applied. Fig. 3is a modification of our im ais a tank containing soaping-liquor. I I) b are perforated fluted orcorrugated rollers or guides (made of rigid material) at the ric 0passes after passing under the guide-rollers d d in the lower part ofthe tank.

e is a revolving beater provided with flexible flaps f, which strikeagainst the fabric while it is passing over the rollers b b and removethedirt and impurities rapidly and effectually. The perforations in therollers b I) allow dirt and impurities to pass through them, and theinequalities of the surface of the rollers accelerate the action of themachine. t

Any number of heaters and rollers may be used, and in any convenientposition, provid- Patent No. 278,125, dated May 22, 1883.

Patented in England November 8, 1882, No. 5,330.

ed, always, that the heaters strike the fabric while it is passing overthe perforated rollers b b.

\Ve will now describe our invention applied to a dyeing apparatus.

A is a dye-vat, which may be of the usual construction.

B B are two batch rollers or beams, over which the fabric 0, underoperation, is wound. The fabric 0 passes from the roller B aroundguide-rollers D in the dyevat, where itis immersed in the dyeingmaterials or solution, and thence to the roller B, 011 which it is.wound or batched.

c is a revolving beater provided with a number of flexible flaps, f,made of india-rubber or other suitable material, the same as above,which flaps strike against the fabric on the rollers B B and thoroughlyimpregnate it with the dyeing material. An y number of heaters androllers can be used. The shaft of the heater 0 is mounted in bearings ontwo vibrating levers, which are not shown in the drawings, one of whichis pivoted at each side of the vat, and on one of these leverspresscrrollers G G are mounted, which bear against the fabric on therollers B B to regulate the position of the levers and insure a uniformaction of the heaters on the fabric. The fabric is wound on the rollersB B alternately and passed through the dye-vat as often as may benecessary.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the fabric to be. dyed passes fromthe batch-roller B over the upper guide-roller, D, into the dievat A,around the lower guide-roller, D, to the perforated fluted or corrugatedroller 1),

around the guide-roller D and over the perforated fluted or corrugatedroller 1), from which it passes around the other guul e-rollers,

D D, to the batch-roller B. The flexible flaps 2 ea les tion of suitablerollers or surfaces over which the fabric passes when beingbcaten hasproved ineffectual.

We therefore claim as novel- 1. In an apparatus for soaping textilefabrics, the combination, with perforated fluted or corrugated rollersor guides, of a beater which will act on the fabric while it is passingover the rollers or guides, substantially in the :0 manner and for thepurpose herein set forth.

2. In apparatus for dyeing textile fabrics,

the combination, with the perforated rollers b I)", of a beater whichacts on the fabric while it is passing over the said rollers,substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

' JOHN GIBSON, JR. JOHN PLATT.

Witnesses:

H. B. BARLOW, S. VVALKEY GILLE'r'r,

Both of 4 Jlfaneficld Chambers, 17 St. Anns Square, ill'mwhesfer.

